Reading Borough Council election, 2008

Results

Reading Borough Council Election, 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 +4 0 +4 37.5% 40.5% 15,466 +2.2%
  Labour 7 0 5 -4 43.7% 32.2% 12,321 +0.2%
  Liberal Democrat 3 +2 1 +1 18.7% 17.6% 6,729 -2.3%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0% 8.0% 3,061 -0.8%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 0.9% 345 -1.4%
  Common Sense 0 0 0 0 0% 0.6% 247 +0.6%
  The Roman Party Ave! 0 0 0 0 0% 0.4% 18 -0.5%

Ward results

Abbey Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tony Page 968 48.0% +10.1%
Conservative Andrew Waters 646 32.0% -0.8%
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Mathis 221 10.9% -4.1%
Green Douglas Cresswell 160 7.9% -4.4%
The Roman Party Ave! Jean Louis Pascual 18 0.9% +0.9
Majority 322 15.9%
Turnout 2,015 28%
Labour hold Swing +5.4%
Battle Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gul Khan 911 48.5% -2.9%
Conservative Ali Asghar 486 25.9% +2.0%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Parsons 253 13.4% +1.3%
Green Adrian Windisch 219 11.6% -1.8%
Majority 425 22.6%
Turnout 1,876 27.3%
Labour hold Swing -2.4%
Caversham Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Luckett 1,257 51.2% +0.9%
Labour Matt Rodda 669 27.2% -1.0%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Burden 271 11.0% -0.4%
Green David Patterson 250 10.2% +0.3%
Majority 588 23.9%
Turnout 2,453 35.8%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.0%
Church Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Azam Janjua 969 45.3% -2.0%
Labour Marian Livingston 782 36.6% -0.2%
Liberal Democrat Karl Hobley 215 10.0% +1.0%
Green Vivienne Joyce Johnson 166 7.7% +1.1%
Majority 187 8.7%
Turnout 2,136 28.5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.1%
Katesgrove Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Warren Swaine 757 38.7% +4.0%
Labour David Sutton 727 37.1% +4.4%
Conservative Nicholas Allen 341 17.4% +3.3%
Green Russell Seymour 90 4.6% -9.3%
Independent David Boobier 35 1.7% -2.7%
Majority 30 0.5%
Turnout 1955 31%
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing -0.4%
Kentwood Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Emma Warman 1,238 46.5% +2.3%
Labour Richard McKenzie 667 25.0% -8.6%
Liberal Democrat Matthew Platts 402 15.0% -2.4%
Common Sense Howard Thomas 247 9.2% +9.2%
Green Kevin Jackson 107 4.0% -0.6%
Majority 571 21.4%
Turnout 2666 37%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.5%
Mapledurham Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fred Pugh 821 61.0% -3.1%
Independent Robert (Bob) O'Neill 310 23.0% +23.0%
Liberal Democrat Michael Eggleton 121 8.9% -15.3%
Labour Daya Pal Singh 67 4.9% -6.6%
Green Caroline Anscombe 27 2.0% +2.0%
Majority 511 37.9%
Turnout 1346 55%
Conservative hold Swing -13.0%
Minster Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Deborah Watson 1,186 44.7% +0.9%
Conservative Philip Webb 1,115 42.0% +3.0%
Liberal Democrat Michael Taylor 229 8.6% -0.4%
Green Sunil Gandhi 114 4.2% -3.8%
Majority 71 2.6%
Turnout 2653 38%
Labour hold Swing -2.1%
Norcot Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Josephine Lovelock 1,171 51.0% +1.0%
Conservative James Cox 773 33.6% +4.6%
Liberal Democrat Mark Mills 219 9.5% -3.6%
Green Mark Walker 129 5.6% -2.0%
Majority 398 17.3%
Turnout 2296 32.7%
Labour hold Swing -3.6%
Park Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jon Hartley 1,014 33.7% +3.1%
Green Rob White 994 33.1% +7.1%
Conservative Martyn Washbourne 704 23.4% -7.4%
Liberal Democrat Neal Brown 286 9.5% -2.9%
Majority 20 0.6%
Turnout 3006 43.8%
Labour hold Swing -4.0%
Peppard Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Amjad (Jamie) Chowdhary 1,857 56.0% +5.1%
Liberal Democrat Annette Hendry 1,086 32.7% -4.3%
Labour Helen Hathaway 246 7.4% +0.9%
Green Patrick Little 116 3.5% +1.1%
Majority 771 23.2%
Turnout 3,314 45.3%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing -4.7%
Redlands Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Glenn Goodall 927 40.1% -1.1%
Labour Peter Kayes 736 31.9% -1.6%
Conservative Laurence Taylor 475 20.5% +4.6%
Green Gabriel Berry 160 6.9% -0.1%
Majority 191 8.2%
Turnout 2,307 32%
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing +0.5%
Southcote Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Deborah Edwards 1,333 50.6% +3.9%
Conservative Alan Hawkins 1,067 40.5% -0.3%
Liberal Democrat Guy William Gipps Penman 139 5.2% 2.4%
Green James Towell 85 3.2% -1.4%
Majority 266 10.1%
Turnout 2630 43%
Labour hold Swing +2.1%
Thames Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Isobel Ballsdon 2,107 65.0% +1.3%
Labour Susan Stainthorpe 484 14.9% +2.0%
Liberal Democrat Pauline Arthur 398 12.2% -2.6%
Green Daniel McNamara 243 7.5% +1.2%
Majority 1,623 50.1%
Turnout 3,237 45.6%
Conservative hold Swing -0.7%
Tilehurst Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Peter Beard 1,085 41.8%
Conservative Sandra Vickers 1,004 38.7%
Labour Raymond Richens 397 15.3%
Green Hugh Swann 97 3.7%
Majority
Turnout 2,590 36%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Whitley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mike Orton 963 53.5%
Conservative James Wyman 606 33.6%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Brown 120 6.6%
Green Keith Martin Johnson 104 5.7%
Majority
Turnout 1,799 24.9%
Labour hold Swing

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